In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we crack on with more fairing and sanding. It feels like all we do is SAND SLEEP REPEAT 😆 It is taking a lot longer and a lot more product than we originally thought!
Greg has been such a fantastic help ...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we make the best of the week. Not everything goes to plan. We all have setbacks and that is simply real life. We film what happens and try to produce videos that tell a story. I'm sorry there is no paint on yet but...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive Davy sheds some blood for the cause! We fill the port keel with foam and incase a small time capsule in there. Hopefully we will never have to see it again.
We also helped out a local environmental organization ca...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we re foam the keel! The foam wasn't quite as exciting as we thought it was going to be but we still had fun putting it in. We used a high density foam and it looks fantastic. Yet another step in the right directio...
In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we crack on with the fibreglass repairs. We do end up cutting two more LARGE HOLES in the boat. But progress is happening and we are coming along.
Make sure you watch the full episode lots of interesting st...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we start to fibreglass on the starboard keel. Last week we did everything we could to try and get it off. We made the decision to fibreglass it on completely. We take a step forward only to have to take two steps b...
In this week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we have a few problems in paradise specifically with getting our keel off! It seriously won't budge. Watch until the end to find out what happens. Their are many issues with hurricane boats but the biggest i...
In this week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we find some GROSS BLACK water trapped in our starboard keel. It is super important to investigate any possible damage areas on hurricane damaged boats because you never know what you may find!
It was shock...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we get to work on the keel and we find out why we were taking on water! But now what should we do with the keels? Should we try to drop them? Will they drop!?
Thank you to everyone for watching and subscribing to...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we make a lot of progress. Davy gets the peeler back out and reveals two large damages. One is 11ft long on the starboard side. We have been hesitate to do these repairs until now due to having too much weight on t...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we install our new jack stands! Turned out we were sitting on CRACKED bricks! AND just in time too because we had an interesting event this week! An earthquake!
Stay tuned for the second half we start to fill the ...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we are going to be creating a reverse mould so we can fibreglass the hole in the boat! We played with a few different ideas before getting here but we are happy to say we have a plan!
We have decided to go back t...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we get back to fixing the hole in the side of the boat. Living in a boatyard is not easy. It is hard work. It is dusty and dirty, hot humid and just in general difficult. Normally we don’t film the sad days for t...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we chit chat about the epoxy filler we have and come to a decision regarding the mistake we made with the polyester filler. Stick around for the end for our final decisions.
We show a little bit of fixing the hole...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we go into detail about a MISTAKE we made last time. Or is it a mistake? We used a fairing filler that is not epoxy based. After doing a serious amount of research and a test we still are not sure what to do.
Leav...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive Davy starts some of the small repairs on the starboard side. Some of the damages are very small cracks in the gelcoat. After some investigation though the small crack leads to huge problem!
Watch to see what we fi...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we discuss the possibility that the boat could fall over! The yard has not given us proper stands for the boat and the bricks are starting to crack.
What would you do?
We also take you on a tour of the bay and we...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we've gone inside! We cleaned up everything outside at the beginning of the week because the president was supposed to be coming to the yard. (He never did.) This meant we were able to get a few inside jobs done th...
In this episode we have to make more damage before we can fix it. So it's time for some DEMOLITION BABY! Just like Davy did on the starboard side of the boat he cut a huge section of bad glass out. He will rebuild this section as soon as possible.
Unfortu...
In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive Davy becomes MacGyver. I'll leave it at that!
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In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we crack on with lots of sanding. Davy makes a sanding longboard and we also use our new fairing board for some finishing touches on the areas we have been working on.
We hope you enjoy this midweek bonus episode!...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we get back to working on our boat! I got Davy to do a bit of a talk of what osmosis is for any of you who like me didn't fully understand.
We are also super happy to own our own dinghy engine finally! Due to covi...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we had a lot of fun! It's always fun reading your comments you leave on our videos and some of them make us chuckle! How many times does Davy say CRACK ON in this episode! LOL
But in all seriousness we love your c...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we set to work peeling off more gelcoat. It is a slower process than we originally expected partially due to the rain we've been getting but the tool is incredibly heavy so Davy has been working in short shifts wit...
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